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Table 3 Local reactions at the PCV-7 and DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib injection site within 4 days of vaccination – safety population

From: An open-label randomized clinical trial of prophylactic paracetamol coadministered with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and hexavalent diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, 3-component acellular pertussis, hepatitis B, inactivated poliovirus, and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine

  

PCV-7

DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib

Local reactions

 

Prophylaxis group% (n/N)

Control group% (n/N)

p-value*

Prophylaxis group% (n/N)

Control group% (n/N)

p-value*

Tenderness

Dose 1

5.3 (6/114)

12.9 (17/132)

0.049

6.1 (7/114)

11.5 (15/130)

0.180

 

Dose 2

8.3 (10/120)

14.4 (17/118)

0.157

10.0 (12/120)

15.4 (18/117)

0.244

 

Dose 3

5.5 (6/109)

10.3 (11/107)

0.216

6.4 (7/109)

10.2 (11/108)

0.337

 

Toddler dose

21.3 (20/94)

32.7 (35/107)

0.082

21.2 (21/99)

29.9 (32/107)

0.202

 

Toddler dose/severe

3.4 (3/88)

5.1 (5/98)

0.724

3.4 (3/88)

3.1 (3/98)

>0.99

Swelling

Dose 1

9.5 (11/116)

17.2 (23/134)

0.096

17.9 (21/117)

18.2 (24/132)

>0.99

 

Dose 2

17.1 (21/123)

27.2 (34/125)

0.067

23.4 (29/124)

34.6 (44/127)

0.053

 

Dose 3

16.8 (18/107)

27.7 (31/112)

0.074

21.8 (24/110)

28.1 (32/114)

0.355

 

Toddler dose

24.2 (23/95)

33.3 (35/105)

0.164

37.3 (38/102)

37.5 (39/104)

>0.99

Redness

Dose 1

22.5 (27/120)

27.2 (37/136)

0.470

20.8 (25/120)

23.7 (31/131)

0.650

 

Dose 1/severe

0.9 (1/114)

0

0.475

0.9 (1/114)

0

0.475

 

Dose 2

21.1 (26/123)

34.9 (44/126)

0.017

30.4 (38/125)

40.6 (52/128)

0.115

 

Dose 3

25.4 (29/114)

34.8 (39/112)

0.147

28.9 (33/114)

34.2 (39/114)

0.476

 

Toddler dose

34.7 (35/101)

44.4 (48/108)

0.160

44.2 (46/104)

48.1 (51/106)

0.583

  1. *Fisher exact test, 2-sided.
  2. Severe tenderness was defined as present and interfered with limb movement.
  3. Severe swelling and redness was defined as an area >7 cm.
  4. n number of subjects reporting the event, N number of subjects reporting “yes” for at least 1 day or “no” for all days, NA not applicable.